GStreamer plugin for playing asx files?

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Is there some GStreamer plugin able to play
>> >> >
>> >> > asx
>> >> >
>> >> > files?
>> >> >
>> >> Not from Fedora for licensing issues. Try adding the rpmfusion repos.
>> >
>> > What licensing issues are there?
>> > And what ASX file format do you refer to?
>> >
>> > I ask, because Audacious includes a plug-in for the v1/v2 ASX format.
>>
>> I refer, for instance, to the following stream, which cannot be listen
>> on Rhythmbox:
>>
>> http://tsf.sapo.pt/tsfdirecto.asx
>
> That seems to be some server-side script that redirects to:
>   http://pesquisa.sapo.pt/tsfdirecto.asx?q=tsf&host=tsf.sapo.pt&ptr=1
> I don't the time to visit all those search results and try to locate
> a real valid .asx file. The same page also uses .aspx, btw ;-)


Thanks to all respondents. I am now listen to other ASX streams
perfectly. Therefore, the reported problem seems to be confined to
that particular stream.

Paul